5 year old Greenhouse Update - Page 4

MSU_Spartan · 10/28/2009, 12:04 PM

Very nice pics!

reefer31 · 10/28/2009, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dendronepthya

Now that we are into the fall, I can already see the corals starting to improve their color and growth rate.

What is this? A mushroom or some kind of lobophyllia, scolymia?

dendronepthya · 10/28/2009, 02:11 PM

I think it's a Lobophyllia.

SPSpirate · 10/28/2009, 02:47 PM

very great looking pics!

Wolverine · 10/28/2009, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inktomi

If you're interested, you might want to start with clownfish - they're apparently among the easier to raise.

Nah, banggai are much easier, because you don't really have to do anything.

inktomi · 10/28/2009, 09:14 PM

I stand corrected. Throw some banggai in one of your tanks, see what happens =)

badguitarist · 10/29/2009, 03:57 AM

I agree with the fall colors, all the corals in my greenhouse are looking so nice right now, I always forget how good my zoanthids and mushrooms look after the summer is over!

kmacartney · 10/29/2009, 10:12 AM

Did you use a photobox for those pics? They are quite nice!

dendronepthya · 10/29/2009, 10:33 AM

@kmacartney - No, those photos were taken through the glass. I use a tripod so the images come out nice and clear.

Electrobes · 10/30/2009, 08:50 AM

Awesome Than! I love the colors of those corals.

Micki · 11/07/2009, 08:09 AM

Finally found this!

Ohiomom · 11/07/2009, 11:05 AM

For anyone that live close to Than it is really worth a drive out to his place to see it..really nice and toooooo much to look at. The coral in my avatar is from him..

Rickyrooz1 · 11/07/2009, 11:16 AM

Looking good!

dendronepthya · 11/07/2009, 09:16 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Ohiomom, you are welcome any time! I'm glad to see the Favia doing so well.

I took two more random photos today. The first is the sunset outside of the greenhouse.

The second is a picture of one of our Orange Bubble-tip Anemones splitting. We have the cool red ones as well, but these orange ones under actinic have yellow tips. For the past year, the single one we had didn't split but in the past week, it looks like it's going to split a few times.

plateboy3293 · 11/08/2009, 03:18 PM

Wow great thread!

Do you have a pic of the orange bta? When its open?

erics3000 · 11/09/2009, 09:26 PM

Really cool stuff...

eland · 11/12/2009, 09:41 AM

Than, your GH project is very nice and thanks for taking the time to share it. I have a question about the cinder block stands. Are the cinder block stands just stacked or they cemented together?

dendronepthya · 11/17/2009, 06:27 PM

@plateboy3293 - I don't have that many great pics of this anemone because he's stuck on a spray bar right at the top of the aquarium, but my mom was able to get these two pics of him. It's blurry due to motion, but you can see the colors pretty well:

@eland - The cement blocks are just stacked. I suppose we could have poured inside them, but I don't think it would add a whole lot. They are pretty much overkill as is.

fishbait2 · 11/17/2009, 09:30 PM

Wow, im jealous. I want one.

10/28/2009, 02:11 PM	#78
dendronepthya Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Akron/Athens, OH, USA Posts: 3,423	I think it's a Lobophyllia. __________________ - Than (dendro) Current Tank Info: 4000-gallon greenhouse system

10/28/2009, 02:47 PM	#79
SPSpirate WTB zebra maxima Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Richmond,Virginia Posts: 2,064	very great looking pics! __________________ Andy "I have never known something to appear so simple but known to be so adaptive and complex than reef building corals." Current Tank Info: (SPS and clams) 36x36x27..150gl. 400wt Radium 20k on galexy e-ballast 2x TUNZE 6045's 1x maxi mod 600.25WT Gamma UV..aqua medic chiller.DELTEC APF600 skimmer(gravity fed) 9.5 mag drive return.1x phosreactor(ROWA)..salt(H2Ocean) 2PART BABY!

10/28/2009, 09:14 PM	#81
inktomi Software Developer Guy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 226	I stand corrected. Throw some banggai in one of your tanks, see what happens =) __________________ All T5 Club All Vortech Club My 150: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1677701 Current Tank Info: 150g tank, 2 Vortech MP40w's, ATI 8x80 watt fixture, Mini-S Skimmer

10/29/2009, 10:12 AM	#83
kmacartney I'm Here! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Athens, OH Posts: 1,140	Did you use a photobox for those pics? They are quite nice! __________________ <--That's my boy! To see my tank, click the...Oh wait! Where did it go? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 20 gallon sump/refugium, 6X54W T5, ASM G2, Mag 9.5 return, 2X Gulf Stream II Maxi-Jet Mods

10/29/2009, 10:33 AM	#84
dendronepthya Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Akron/Athens, OH, USA Posts: 3,423	@kmacartney - No, those photos were taken through the glass. I use a tripod so the images come out nice and clear. __________________ - Than (dendro) Current Tank Info: 4000-gallon greenhouse system

10/28/2009, 12:04 PM	#76
MSU_Spartan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 84	Very nice pics!

10/29/2009, 03:57 AM	#82
badguitarist Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: corvallis oregon Posts: 114	I agree with the fall colors, all the corals in my greenhouse are looking so nice right now, I always forget how good my zoanthids and mushrooms look after the summer is over!

10/30/2009, 08:50 AM	#85
Electrobes Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Greenwood, SC Posts: 2,415	Awesome Than! I love the colors of those corals. __________________ Christian Shallow Reef Club Member CMAC and PMAC Member Current Tank Info: 40Br Sumpless and Softy Dominated.

11/07/2009, 08:09 AM	#86
Micki Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,094	Finally found this! __________________ Micki... Western Ohio Reef Club Click the red house for my 125 progress! Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef, 90 gal. sump, 10 gal. fuge, 40 gallon. 150 gallon fish only.

11/07/2009, 11:05 AM	#87
Ohiomom Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,109	For anyone that live close to Than it is really worth a drive out to his place to see it..really nice and toooooo much to look at. The coral in my avatar is from him.. __________________ .....Sandra “Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.” Current Tank Info: 75 galllon reef, T5HO love em!

11/07/2009, 11:16 AM	#88
Rickyrooz1 Acropora Nut Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Posts: 1,474	Looking good! __________________ 120 gallon mixed reef, 30 gallon refugium, two 250 watt Phoenix 14K DE metal halides in Lumenarc stealth reflectors, Two 48" T-5's in TEK II reflectors, Vertex IN-180 protein skimmer, Mag Drive 12 return pump, two Hydor Koralia 4

11/07/2009, 09:16 PM	#89
dendronepthya Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Akron/Athens, OH, USA Posts: 3,423	Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Ohiomom, you are welcome any time! I'm glad to see the Favia doing so well. I took two more random photos today. The first is the sunset outside of the greenhouse. The second is a picture of one of our Orange Bubble-tip Anemones splitting. We have the cool red ones as well, but these orange ones under actinic have yellow tips. For the past year, the single one we had didn't split but in the past week, it looks like it's going to split a few times. __________________ - Than (dendro) Current Tank Info: 4000-gallon greenhouse system

11/08/2009, 03:18 PM	#90
plateboy3293 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 917	Wow great thread! Do you have a pic of the orange bta? When its open?

11/09/2009, 09:26 PM	#91
erics3000 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Palm Bay FL Posts: 2,448	Really cool stuff... __________________ Eric (Red House for my 300 display 600 system) Current Tank Info: 600 gallon system with 300 display

11/12/2009, 09:41 AM	#92
eland Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 43	Than, your GH project is very nice and thanks for taking the time to share it. I have a question about the cinder block stands. Are the cinder block stands just stacked or they cemented together? __________________ Earl

11/17/2009, 06:27 PM	#93
dendronepthya Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Akron/Athens, OH, USA Posts: 3,423	@plateboy3293 - I don't have that many great pics of this anemone because he's stuck on a spray bar right at the top of the aquarium, but my mom was able to get these two pics of him. It's blurry due to motion, but you can see the colors pretty well: @eland - The cement blocks are just stacked. I suppose we could have poured inside them, but I don't think it would add a whole lot. They are pretty much overkill as is. __________________ - Than (dendro) Current Tank Info: 4000-gallon greenhouse system

11/17/2009, 09:30 PM	#94
fishbait2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: belton, mo. Posts: 19	Wow, im jealous. I want one. __________________ Steve Irwin died the way he lived......., with fish in his heart.